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Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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Re: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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Why should we believe this biased source?

>Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica.

So he sees the data for non elderly people, because those are the people who have his company's plans. So he doesn't have the data to compare against to say elderly people aren't dying at higher rates because they aren't his customers

Re: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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I'm actually surprised it is not higher. For 40-64 year old in the US, the annual chance of death is about half a percent (before covid) so a 40% increase is still a very low mortality rate.

https://hdpulse.nimhd.nih.gov/data/deathrates/index.php?stat...

Re: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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Why should we believe this biased source? >Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica. So he sees the data for non elderly people, because those are the people who have his company's plans. So he doesn't have…

Why must it be a comparison? A 40% increase in deaths for any population is mind boggling

Re: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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Why should we believe this biased source? >Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica. So he sees the data for non elderly people, because those are the people who have his company's plans. So he doesn't have…

Also this is a $100 billion company that is private and with only 2400 employees? Something doesn’t smell right.

Re: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64

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Why should we believe this biased source? >Davison said the increase in deaths represents “huge, huge numbers,” and that’s it’s not elderly people who are dying, but “primarily working-age people 18 to 64” who are the employees of companies that have group life insurance plans through OneAmerica. So he sees the data for non elderly people, because those are the people who have his company's plans. So he doesn't have…

Why must it be a comparison? A 40% increase in deaths for any population is mind boggling

It really isn't if you are starting from an extremely low baseline.
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